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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Tortula Hedw.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Musc. Frond. 122. 1801.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000038616.

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Synonyms of Tortula

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Barbula sect. Crassicostae	Schimp.	–	—	wfo-1000050318
Anacalypta	Röhl. ex Léman	Dict. Sci. Nat. (ed. 2) 2(Suppl.): 38. 1816.	—	wfo-4000001788
Beccaria	Müll. Hal.	Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. 4: 11. 1872.	—	wfo-4000004281
Dendia	R. Br. bis	Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 30: 411. 1898.	—	wfo-4000011048
Dermatodon	Huebener	Muscol. Germ. 109. 1833.	—	wfo-4000011170
Desmatodon	Brid.	Muscol. Recent. 4: 86. 1819[1818].	—	wfo-4000011192
Hyophilopsis	Cardot & Dixon	J. Bot. 49: 137. 1911.	—	wfo-4000018722
Mildea	Warnst.	–	—	wfo-4000024289
Mildeella	Limpr.	–	—	wfo-4000024290
Mollia	Schrank ex Borkh.	Tent. Disp. Pl. German., op. posth. 152. 1809.	—	wfo-4000024578
Pachyneurum	J.J. Amann	Fl. Mouss. Suisse 2: 112. 1912.	—	wfo-4000027679
Physedium	Brid.	Bryol. Univ. 1: 51. 1826.	—	wfo-4000029518
Protobryum	J. Guerra & M.J. Cano	J. Bryol. 22: 94. 2000.	—	wfo-4000031259
Zygotrichia	Brid.	Bryol. Univ. 1: 520. 1826.	—	wfo-4000041354
Mollius	E.H.L. Krause	Rostocker Moosflora: 2. 1921	—	wfo-4100000567

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Tortula:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Tortula chubutensis	Broth.	Mitteilungen aus dem Institut für Allgemeine Botanik in Hamburg 8: 401.1931	—	wfo-1000044794
Tortula latifolia var. mutica	Moore	–	—	wfo-1200051708
Tortula papillosissima var. papillosissima	–	–	—	wfo-1200005933
Tortula ruralis var. vulgaris	Hook. & Grev.	–	—	wfo-1200051802